Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discussion about the service policeman 's job prospects might have been more sanguine had it been known that civil servants in Whitehall were reading a provocative paper on full employment policy . |
| 2 | Nor could it be argued that private property ensured an efficient allocation of resources since the market no longer resembled the model of perfect competition . |
| 3 | Never let it be said that Practical PC ignores the viewpoint of the end user ! |
| 4 | Nor can it be assumed that professional courses always tackle the social aspects : How much do accountants or pharmacists consider the professional client relationship ? |
| 5 | Neither should it be thought that informal methods necessarily lead to untidy work presented in a poor hand . |
| 6 | Yet if it were known that microcephalic babies ( perhaps older infants as well — would it make a difference ? ) were regularly sold to research laboratories , then there would undoubtedly be an outcry . |
| 7 | ‘ If it were thought that other clubs would try to copy them , their example might , I am afraid , be unfortunate . |
| 8 | But meanwhile this is the supposition on which we proceed ; we assume that there is only one price in the market at one and the same time ; it being understood that separate allowance is made , when necessary , for differences in the expense of delivering goods to dealers in different parts of the market ; including allowance for the special expenses of retailing , if it is a retail market . |
| 9 | The arguments for the increasing assumption of public responsibility for matters hitherto considered more appropriate to the private domain were largely won , it being held that private enterprise and voluntary organizations were either inadequate or inefficient in supplying local services . |
| 10 | Either it 's argued that British life does n't show up well in front of a film camera , or that British filmmakers are n't capable of using that camera to probe behind the surface of things . |
| 11 | Even today , when the tottering of a Goldcrest or TESE is taken as a sign that the film industry is going under , it 's assumed that big companies are the key to surviving in the film business , because that 's the way they do things in LA . |
| 12 | And while it 's said that central government intervention would ‘ not be appropriate ’ , campaigners feel the only way to improve matters is through legislation . |
| 13 | It 's claimed that clearing Dickens and Jones in Milton Keynes on a busy pre-Christmas shopping day cost the firm one hundred thousand pounds in lost business . |
| 14 | It 's thought that six-month-old Hannah Davies was dropped on her head by a three-year-old boy , though the inquest jury returned an open verdict because of conflicting evidence . |
| 15 | It is intended that interim findings will be reported for discussion in venture groups , the results of which will then be integrated into the final report . |
| 16 | These are usually agreed jointly by the Countryside Commission and local authorities , and it is intended that strict development control should be applied within them . |
| 17 | Specially trained BT staff will also be on hand to advise those who are suffering from nuisance calls , and it is intended that self-help groups will be set up by people who have been victims themselves . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , it is recognised that industrial relations will continue to reflect elements of diversity as well as uniformity . |
| 19 | class their own personal varying faith stances , it is recognised that Catholic teachers face a difficult task . |
| 20 | 4.23 It is recognised that certain events and periods during the daily routine may raise the anxieties of residents and clients . |
| 21 | It is recognised that old people and their families are disadvantaged in the amount of care and attention paid to them by social workers as most social work time is spent on children and young families . |
| 22 | The view is also expressed that personal care and welfare aspects can not be divorced from financial and property matters , while it is recognised that proper safeguards are vital . |
| 23 | It is recognised that full configuration control of software is not limited to source code and that it is desirable to control the whole environment in which the target machine-code is produced . |
| 24 | Some articles , however , are misleading : for instance , in several places it is indicated that continental material has not been recycled into the mantle . |
| 25 | It is said that private gardens occupy 3 per cent of the land surface of Britain . |
| 26 | Although novel in this country , it is said that similar operations have been mounted in the United States . |
| 27 | It is said that Parliamentary materials are not readily available to , and understandable by , the citizen and his lawyers who should be entitled to rely on the words of Parliament alone to discover his position . |
| 28 | Over at Pratt 's , the St James ' club where it is said that Tory leaders were made and unmade in the old days , you would never have guessed there was an election on . |
| 29 | It is said that Renish Farm at Waxholme was once used as a Quaker meeting house . |
| 30 | As an example of phonetic differences at the segmental level , it is said that Australian English has the same set of phonemes and phonemic contrasts as RP , yet Australian pronunciation is so different from RP that it is easily recognised as such . |